Brain Health News: Top Articles and Resources in March

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 27, 2009 |

There’s such a flood of very sig­nif­i­cant research stud­ies, edu­ca­tion­al resources and arti­cles relat­ed to brain health, it’s hard to keep track — even for us! Let me intro­duce and quote some of the top Brain Health Stud­ies, Arti­cles and Resources pub­lished in March: 1) Cog­ni­tive Decline Begins In Late 20s, Study Sug­gests (Sci­ence Dai­ly) — “These patterns…

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Gardening your hippocampus with Physical and Mental Exercise

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 19, 2009

Phys­i­cal Fit­ness Improves Spa­tial Mem­o­ry, Increas­es Size Of Brain Struc­ture (Sci­ence Dai­ly) — “Now researchers have found that elder­ly adults who are more phys­i­cal­ly fit tend to have big­ger hip­pocampi and bet­ter spa­tial mem­o­ry than those who are less fit.” — “Cer­tain activ­i­ties are believed to mod­i­fy hip­pocam­pus size in humans. For exam­ple, a study of London…

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